Autumn arrives in Scotland

Should have banned you from this one doogs,they are indeed "snow poles",they help the snow plough driver know where the road is..............!!!!

Another little quiz(I know it's not quite yet winter,but it's cold enough and dark enough)

Do you know what's going on here with these conifers?

Shedding the older growth needles in the autumn ?

Lai Pai

I think I'd go along with that one plus a change of colour going more yellow

WS

These trees are Larch,our only conifer to shed their needles like the broad leaves do,different autumn colour.

Loving the tree picture TB but I have no idea, I would also have said shedding their needles but apart from that I don't know.....sorry.

littlewid-x-

Sorry TB we were posting at almost the same time

littlewid-x-

This was on our way up into the clouds,you can see the patchwork of Larch trees changing colour.

This Red Grouse was about the only wild life left up on this bit of hill,plus several hundred Red Deer.

I was tempted,but I didn't eat this one.

Is that a blueberry TB? or a black Current or a sloe? hedging my bets here as i'm not good at berries but it looks a juicy one.
What stunning scenery, it looks wonderful as it is but I bet it looks magical covered in snow.
Seeing the grouse, it's not grouse season is it

littlewid-x-

Lovely scenery TB, and the photos really show it off, and you did well spotting the Red Grouse there.
WS

littlewid wrote:Is that a blueberry TB? or a black Current or a sloe? hedging my bets here as i'm not good at berries but it looks a juicy one.
What stunning scenery, it looks wonderful as it is but I bet it looks magical covered in snow.
Seeing the grouse, it's not grouse season is it

littlewid-x-

Now who wasn't paying attention last winter,we did these before,it's a blae berry or whimberry,Britains wild relative of the blue berry.(Just showing off with the macro on the camera)

Errrrr you'd better make that three. Whisky's I mean . Really good Macro shot TB, was it a hand held one ?
WS

4 - I confess also to not remembering what it was TB told us last winter, and short of going through the old threads I was waiting for someone with a good memory to say that it was a Whimberry/Blaeberry .

Nice macro shot TB.

Lai Pai

Lai Pai

Now you say it's a Blaeberry TB I remember of course I remember you saying it last year.......it's just that it was a year ago I will try harder to remember in future.........post it again next year and I will be the first to remember........Promise .......secretly i'm glad I wasn't the only one who had forgotten......thanks for owning up guy's

Oh yeah.......enjoy the Whiskey guy's but please........Don't shoot the Grouse

littlewid-x-

whitestarling wrote:Errrrr you'd better make that three. Whisky's I mean . Really good Macro shot TB, was it a hand held one ?
WS

It was a hand held shot,left the tripod in the car,now got a much lighter mono pod too,so no excuses next time.

Thats really good for a hand held shot TB. Whats a Mono Pod ?
WS

One leg not three

Lai Pai

Beautiful scenery TB.

I must confess Macro is not my friend. I put on the Macro settings and to focus Im in and out have to back off to get it in focus and by the time I have done all that I can get a closer image on my 300mm lens on normal settings. I must be doing something very wrong. Maybe thats a subject for the camera club.

SM

Went sniffing woods(as suggested by Chris Packham last week)and duly found some lichens.No doubt he'd complain about the pine needles,but it's representative of the season,not the Lichen.

Just above the Salmon leap.

Brilliant photos TB Knowing Packham he'd want you to get rid of all the pine needles before you took the shot. Great shot of the Salmon leaping, it really does look a lovely place there
WS